by Bruce Brown | October 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
For some diseases and conditions, the pharmaceuticals that can do the most good aren’t needed all the time. Unused drugs may flush through the body, at times with no deleterious effects, but in too many cases they can cause negative side effects. Drugs needed by...
by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2016 | General News, Medical
When factory workers, machinists, or people in many other types of manual work lose a hand, the loss often results in a career change. According to graduate students at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, in Germany alone, 15 people lose a hand every day on...
by Bruce Brown | October 7, 2016 | General News, Health
Humans need vitamin D for a long list of benefits including healthy bones and even preventing some forms of cancer. Sun exposure remains the best source of vitamin D. Unfortunately, according to the American Cancer Society, too much exposure to the sun can contribute...
by Bruce Brown | October 6, 2016 | General News, Health
Deaf people miss out not just on spoken conversation but on a wide range of sound in their surroundings and the environment. Fujitsu Limited has a vision of a new technology to help deaf people sense and relate to sounds in the world and in their lives. Ontenna, an...
by Bruce Brown | October 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
As wearable Health Tech moves forward, the need grows for advanced digital infrastructure to support new devices, new technologies, and new applications. Every new company cannot expect to re-invent all the pieces. Imec and Hoist Centre, a Netherlands-based joint...